The moonstone : a novel
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Published
New York, NY : Bourbon Street Books, 2014.
Physical Desc
viii, 545 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 21 cm.
Status
Arroyo Grande Library - Adult Fiction - Mystery
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Cayucos Library - Adult Fiction - Mystery
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Arroyo Grande Library - Adult Fiction - Mystery | FIC M PBK | On Shelf |
Cayucos Library - Adult Fiction - Mystery | FIC M PBK | On Shelf |
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Published
New York, NY : Bourbon Street Books, 2014.
Format
Book
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Title from cover.
General Note
This edition originally published: New York : Harper Brothers, 1868.
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"The text has been reproduced from the original book"--Colophon.
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Formerly CIP.,Uk
Description
The Moonstone was published in 1868 and concerns the huge yellow diamond of the title that was once stolen from an Indian shrine. Rachel Verrinder receives the stone as a gift and does not realize that it has been passed to her in a sinister form of revenge by John Herncastle who, it transpires, acquired the moonstone by means of murder and theft. The jewel also brings bad luck. The stone disappears on the very night it is given to Rachel, though, and the tale concerns the unveiling of the culprit after the intervention of Sergeant Cuff, a famous London detective. A maid who is under suspicion commits suicide and Rachel herself seems reticent when it comes to aiding the investigation. Mysterious Indians appear frequently and there is an air of confusion and the unknown until the mystery is eventually solved.
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